Actually, no matter where you were, a teacher's grace was a great kindness. It seemed intangible, yet it was a very strong bond.
Betraying one's teacher wasn't a crime, but it was immoral. Once word got out, everyone would despise that person.
So a teacher's grace was much like family ties. Both were key factors in judging whether someone was a good or bad person.
This was also a fundamental reason sects could be established. Without a teacher's grace, how could there be sects or traitors?
Families were bound by kinship and blood, while sects were bound by a teacher's grace. They were counterparts.
"Educating the masses and passing on knowledge to them—that half-teacher's grace is only fair. With it, unless absolutely necessary, these people won't make enemies of us. Even if they do, they'll act in secret. In terms of the greater good, we have an absolute advantage," Wang Wen said. "Don't underestimate people's sense of the greater good. Everyone has something they stand by in life. Some want power, others want wealth. Whoever they are, everyone has their principles and limits. Everyone has a sense of the greater good; they just have different standards. A half-teacher's grace is enough to make you part of the greater good for quite a few people."
Lu Yin understood Wang Wen's words. The instructors at Starry Sky Academy weren't really teachers, but they were still something like half-teachers. If Lu Yin had to go after them, he couldn't bring himself to do it—unless those instructors betrayed humanity.
Even if he could bring himself to do it, word would spread and ruin his reputation. Nobody would want to follow someone like that or associate with someone who betrayed his teachers.
Getting along with people was both complicated and simple.
"Can we really manage